In August 2008, Maria Harris' grandmother took the one-year-old to Spurgeon's house in Palm Harbor for her first day. After she was picked up, the baby started appearing lethargic, was unresponsive and vomiting at points, and died in a hospital a few days later. An autopsy showed she died from blunt trauma.

Emotion swept through the courtroom as the sentence was handed down. Harris' mother, grandmother, and grandfather exchanged hugs with prosecutors, tears in their eyes.

But there has also been a growing group who says Spurgeon, who had run the daycare for years, didn't cause the injuries that killed Harris. They've created a group called The Stephanie Foundation. Spurgeon's attorney says an appeal has already been filed.